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Rick Scott: “Democrats want to shut down government October 1st.”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Published | Video Starts at 06:02

We need. So, you know, we need to do a third reconciliation for a couple reasons. One, to get the military budget we need. Number two is Democrats want to shut down government October 1st. I think the only way we're not going to shut down government is if we do a reconciliation and pass, you know, government funding like we had to do for ICE and cbp. (06:02–06:06)

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Asserts that Democrats want to shut down the government on October 1st.

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